"Connor has been in an environment, more than most kids his age, where he's met more people who have had catastrophic injuries than a lot of people," Mr Tweedy said.

"It's a bias sample in so far as every single person he has met who has a catastrophic injury has managed it extraordinarily well.

"Our sense is part of his attitude comes from that role modelling as it's all he's ever seen is people getting on with their lives and even though they have bad injuries they've gotten up and got on with things.

"It's part of his world view."

Moving forward together

Ms Tweedy, a physiotherapist, said with Conor now out of medical danger, the family was looking to day-to-day routines and getting him back to school work.